Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Holy crap

So this is terribly, incredibly exciting.

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OUR GARDEN SEEDLINGS HAVE APPEARED!

I spent a weekend "weeding" (they were really lovely plants, but I have no idea what they were) when Jules was in Toronto, and another with the whole gang helping out, enlarging the garden and transplanting the removed grass where I removed some of the too-numerous paving stones we have in our yard. I'd "gardened" as a kid with my parents in a large rented lot outside of town. Neat memories but I'm sure I didn't enjoy it a lot at the time, despite my parents' attempts at engaging my enthusiasm. I do recall row signs bearing titles like "Randy's carrots" and the like and I'm glad for the memory.

Well it's been apartments pretty much since I've been on my own, and now with Jules, until the current townhouse, which was mainly for the dog to have a yard. I had hopes for the garden but had no idea if anything would grow. I wasn't sure the soil was any good, for one thing, though that strange existing plant sure seemed to thrive.

Well yesterday there were tiny green sprouts sticking up from the earth, and today... the peas are three times the height they were yesterday. We've had gentle rain and it's done wonders. I was fearful for the carrots but we have little tufts sticking up there, too. And broad, thick leaves where I planted squash. No sign of the sunflowers that should be coming up along the fence, but I do see where the wildflowers are making an attempt. All very cool. But the dog is not heeding our symbolic little fence and I worry for all the plants now. He likes to tromp around and dig things up. Go figure.

The full garden set on Flickr can be found here. I will update the set as things progress!

Missed a couple of video Fridays, but I'll just go back and backdate one. You'll never get me to admit it so don't even try.